Dear Readers,
As an avid reader, I often find myself finishing a great book or an interesting article, and desperately wanting to share my thoughts with someone. When I lived in Indiana, I was lucky enough to have a group of friends who shared a passion for reading, so we formed a book club. While I am not in the same city as my book club anymore, I still reach out to my friends and family in Nashville, to discuss my questions and opinions about literature.
As a classroom of learners, we have created a community geared toward having a teachable spirit, so we may grow to become people of knowledge, wisdom, and ultimately character. One way we do this is by reading and forming ideas and connections that begin to shape us. In order to support this work, this blog will serve as a way to discuss various things when we are not in the class. Essentially, the blog will become a virtual classroom.
For example, I might post about a response about Thank You, Mr. Falker by explaining my connection to the character, Trish. I might say how much I relate to her overcoming an obstacle with the help of a teacher and how motivated I was to find out the author was the one who overcame her learning hurdle and became a published author. You will have the same chance to post your reactions, but also, to respond to what someone else might say. In this way, our posts become a conversation when we are away from the classroom.
As we begin this online blogging adventure, I challenge you to bring your working minds to the keyboard and let me know your thoughts and feelings about literature. We have so much to discover ...
So, join the community! Come on in, pull up to a computer, let me know your thoughts about literature and our blogging opportunity. I believe the blog will be a wonderful opportunity for our class to communicate in a unique way.
Literature is an important part of my life because I enjoy getting lost in a story and having friends recommend books to me. Also, I love talking about the books I have read. I am interested in learning more about the part literature plays in your life and who is a character you have made a strong connection to and why.
Write about the following in your comment below:
How is literature a part of your life?
Who is a character that you have made a strong connection with and why?
Love,
Mrs. Eads
I love to read when I have free time .
ReplyDeleteI have related with Brian from Hatchet because I love to be outside and make fire.
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ReplyDeleteI don’t really like reading, but if I had to read any book then I would about Georgia or DORK diaries
I have a connection with Nikki J Maxwell in DORK diaries because she is always running around with a packed schedule just like me.
1)Books are apart of my life from knowing the characters and feeling like like you are in the book.
ReplyDelete2)A character that makes a connection with me is Nate in the book Big Nate because he’s a rascal and he likes to draw like me and he’s cool.
Me love books I mean I love books they're great.
ReplyDeleteI have made a strong connection with Dudley from HARRY POTTER because I am loved a lot and spoiled
I love to read for homework and before I go to bed.
ReplyDeleteI love to read the Hardy boys.
I have a connection with joe, he likes to spy and so do I. I also want to be in the CIA.
I like to read before I go to bed.
ReplyDeleteI have made a connection with a book called Emily Windsnap because I love to swim and I have always dreamed of being a mermaid.
1.I love to read in my bed. Also I like to read right before dinner.
ReplyDelete2. In the land of stories Alex likes fairy tales I like fairy tales just like her.
I love to read comics in the afternoon, Harry Potter for homework, and Captain Underpants for every day.
ReplyDeleteI think I am a lot like Charlie in Charlie And The Chocolate Factory because he is nice, loves his family well, and he is in common with them all a lot.
I love reading, and I am always glad to pick up a book and start reading that book.
ReplyDeleteIn the book The Lord Of The Rings, I have made a connection to the main character, Frodo. He is a very outgoing and loving character. He is always willing to go on adventures. In the book Three Times Lucky, I have also made a connection with Mo. She does not go down without a fight, and she is also very brave!
I think reading is a big part of my life because...when I am reading I love to have pictures in my brain of the story. Reading is one definitely one of my favorite subjects.
ReplyDeleteI think a character I have made a strong connection to is Mo in Three TImes Lucky because she is a smart, brave, curious, and happy character in the book.y
Books are fun but i'm very picky ! completely quiet no music no talking no moving around also no sneezing and coughing. Its impossible to read when this happens. 2 i like when it's a interesting book 80% of america has books that bore me!! last number 3 i like long books that take me a long time to read a just right book but i like to read the story for a long time THANK YOU J.K ROWLING. So yeh. baker
ReplyDeleteI love to read, every night when I get in bed, I read. Also, when I get home from school, the first thing I do is my reading homework. And if I have a really good book, I will read for a couple hours!
ReplyDeleteA character I have really connected with is Alex, from the book series The Land Of Stories . I connected with this character because she is strong, brave, and she stands up for girls!
I love to read! During my free time, i’ll usually be reading. I do it all the time.
ReplyDeleteI have read a book called The War that Saved my Life. She has had a major medical problem, and so have I, but her’s is worse.
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ReplyDeleteI read alot! And my parents have to make me stop!books are my life!
I think i connect to matilda she is very smart and loves to read and loves her teacher miss honey.
Bye everybody!
Love,winn
Reading is not a huge part of my life.
ReplyDeleteWhen i’m bored that is one thing I can do.
The good part about reading is when you're in a good book that is the good part.
My character is probably Greg from diary of a wimpy kid .
He has a younger brother and an older brother.
My younger brother is annoying and my older brother is mean.
1.Books make me visual about what is going on in the book.
ReplyDelete2. In the book A Series of Unfortunate Events Violet is a inventor and she likes to build stuff,and I like to build legos.
Because i like to read and you can Learn things from reading.
ReplyDeleteGreg hefley. Because he is a very strong character.
I love to read I read when i’m bored and I like to read in a quiet place like my room with the room shut.
ReplyDeleteI have made a connection with Max from Maximum Ride because he feels happy when he is right but he gets sad
When his friend or family
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ReplyDeleteHow is literature a part of your life? I love to read, reading really clicked to me in first grade and since then I have been NON STOP. I love Diary of a Wimpy Kid.
Who is a character that you have made a strong connection with and why? I really liked Greg Heffley, I can read the books for hours. Greg always makes me laugh, I always share Diary of a Wimpy Kid books with my friends and they love it too.
ReplyDeleteFor me, the best time to read is when I feel like I need a little adventure. The book I am reading [Land of stories] is very adventures.
I connect to this book because my brother and I love to run and climb up hills and rocks.
This book is very good and I think Eads and Derck class would love it.
1.Reading is kind of fun for me it is not my favorite. But when I read Shiloh it changes me. Even though I just started it it’s one of my favorites.
ReplyDelete2. I love dogs just like Marty from Shiloh, dogs are the best I think dogs are just like peolple so they should not be treated differently.
Books are apart of my life because when I read them I really feel like I apart of the book.
ReplyDeleteIn the book Diary OF A Wimpy kid and I just think Greg is a very good character because he has lots of detail.
I love to read because it just takes me into a whole different world, and it calms me down when I am mad.
ReplyDeleteThe boy in the book where the Red Fern Grows dogs so much, and I love dog so much to.
Literature is a part of my life because whenever I need to relax or clear my mind I simply pick up a book and start to read. I like to read because I like losing my mind and everything I was thinking about and focus in on my book. One of my favorite places to read is on my bed, with only my arms sticking out of the covers.
ReplyDeleteOne of the characters that I have made a strong connection with over the years that I have been reading is Chase from Bad News. He often feels like he doesn't belong at the magic camp he was sent to, and that he can’t do any magic. His friends cheer him up, though, and he starts to feel better. I often feel like this character.
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I like to read at night because it is quite so I can get in my reading zone
ReplyDeleteI made a strong connection with greg from diary of a wimpy kid because his older brother is very dumb and he he gets in a lot of trouble.
I like reading at night, because it makes me tired before i go to sleep
ReplyDeleteIn skinnybones I am like T.J cause i love baseball.
I don’t read that much but I wish I could read more but I always have something after school so the only time I can read is when I am going to bed
ReplyDeleteA character that I have connected to is teddy Fitsroybecause he has one kid who bullies him and at my old school there was one kid who was mean to me.
I love to read, especially in the afternoon, after school. I love to read because it calms me, and takes me to a new land.
ReplyDeleteOne of my favorite characters is Annabeth Chase, from Percy Jackson. She loves to study, read, write, and all the other learning things, and so do I.
I love to read! I like reading before nighttime on the couch or in my bed. I also like reading on long car rides. But my favorite place to read is at the park on a sunny day. One of the characters in my book is Marty. I can relate to Marty because Marty would do anything for a mistreated dog named Shiloh just as I would do anything for any mistreated animal.
ReplyDeleteI Like to read when I’m stressed out. It’s a good thing to be calm. I’ve always loved this book called teddy and friend teddy has no legs and has always wanted to swim read the book to find out what happens.
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ReplyDeleteI love reading!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
My favorite part about reading is feeling like I’m in the book. One of my favorite books is Three Times Lucky because Mo is fun, adventurous, and brave. Some of my other favorite.
-Violet
The book club book I am just now done with is Three Times Lucky. The main character is Mo. She lives in a small town with her best friend Dale, The Colonel, Miss Lana, and many more loving people. But then suddenly when Mo’s summer is going great, one of the towns most hated person, Mr. Jesse gets murdered. Then, Mo and Dale open up a detective agency to solve the murder! But then, Mr. Joe Starr and Deputy Marla came from Winston-Salem to try to solve the murder to. Its a competition between Joe Starr and Mo’s detective agency! But there is a massive turn of events! You will have to read to find out!
ReplyDeleteThe first poem,Dust of Snow, is about how the crow shook snow on him from a hemlock tree. That change his day.
ReplyDeleteThe second poem, Mother to Son, is about how the mother talks about
her childhood.
I think the winner is Mother to Son because it talks about how life was like back then when the was their age.
I liked how the poem Do You Carrot All For Me meant like how do you care about me do you like me. It just tells you about how someone cares about.
ReplyDeleteI can make a connection that my parents care and love me and would never leave me.
I picked Do You Carrot All For Me because it just tells me that my parents love and cares about me.